8: Early Oral Feeding for Very Low Birthweight Neonates Maintained on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Lung Optimization is Feasible
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Abstract
Low birth weight neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are commonly managed with early and prolonged continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). CPAP therapy is used to maintain functional residual capacity and allow the lungs to grow at optimized inflation. Historically, CPAP has been considered a contraindication for initiation of oral feeding. Delayed introduction of oral feeding is associated with delayed progression of oral feeding skills. Although prolonged CPAP has lessened the burden of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), oral feeding delay has resulted in longer NICU stays and increased the potential for long term feeding problems. To study the clinical feasibility of initiating early oral feeding for neonates who are CPAP dependent. Physiological stability and infant cues guide the nursing assessment for oral readiness. Breastfeeding is encouraged and preferred method of feeding. Emerging evidence suggests such a technique encourages the neonate to associate food and eating with safety and pleasure. We report a quality improvement project designed as an observational study. An original algorithm called “Eating “in SINC” (Safe Individualized Nipple-feeding Competence) was introduced for all neonates <32 weeks' corrected gestational age who have been on CPAP. The SINC algorithm encourages frequent oral feeding practice opportunities, specifies maximum oral feeding volumes and limits oral feeding times with a goal of building skill and stamina in fragile feeders. Breastfeeding is encouraged at every stage of the algorithm. Progression in the SINC algorithm is allowed only if the neonate displays competency over a number of days. The intervention group eating with the SINC algorithm (collected over a six month period) is compared to a historical cohort of neonates from a similar time period during which time the neonates were maintained on prolonged CPAP for lung optimization but did not receive any oral feeding while on CPAP therapy. Early project results support our SINC algorithm. Neonates can be maintained on CPAP to prevent BPD and oral feeding can be safely initiated at the same time. Overall length of stay has been reduced between the two comparative groups. Breast feeding rates and oral feeding difficulties following discharge from the NICU are being tracked. It is possible to maintain prolonged CPAP for lung optimization in very low birth weight neonates and initiate safe early oral feeding.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.008 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.006 | 0.001 |
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